Get Access The Hebrew Bible Today Composed By Steven L. McKenzie Presented As Publication Copy

collection of introductory essays by different authors, discussing critical issues, past to present, in the historical, literary, and theological study of the component parts of the Hebrew Bible.
Each section varies in overall quality of assessment, Van Seters' essay on the Pentateuch which receives vastly more space than any other in the entire work is helpful in its depth of engagement, wise in its abandonment of the failed assumption of an Elohist, and helpful in its move to a new kind of Supplementary Hypothesis without redactors, but is still stuck in the engulfing mire of the Source Critics from the past century.
Slogging through his essay allows little progress, Marvin Sweeney's discussion of the Latter Prophets is brilliant and inspiring, paving the way to perspectives that unveil and reveal almost like a scholastic prophet.
I was awestricken by Sweeney's genius, diachronic breakdown of Isaiah::, Some treatments of biblical books excel above others in the same sections, Kirsten Nielsen's treatments of Song of Songs and Esther are engaging, but her Ruth is bland and her Daniel somewhat exiling.
John Hayes' treatment of Psalms is done very well, but his Lamentations is slightly lamentable, Kathleen Farmer's look at the Wisdom books is very

readable, but she fails to impact the reader with the extent of Job and Qoheleth's truly blasphemous and confounding natures.
Graeme Auld's Former Prophets, David Peterson's Twelve, and M, Graham's Chronicler's History including EzraNehemiah are a consistently good backbone for the book, Scholarship in the Hebrew Scriptures is more bountiful and diverse than ever before, a situation that presents a formidable challenge to the student trying to understand the critical issues in Hebrew Bible study.
This book deals with each section of the canon and explains the standard questions, with special attention to points of scholarly agreement and contention.
Written by an international group of preeminent scholars, this collection is intended for readers with a diversity of interests and is specifically designed for those making their first acquaintance with the complex character of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament.
Steven L. McKenzie is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Rhodes College, He holds a B. A. summa cum laude and an M, Div. from Abilene Christian University and the Th, D. from Harvard University. His research and teaching interests include: the history of ancient Israel, the literature of the Hebrew Bible, the Hebrew language, the Dead Sea Scrolls, methods of biblical interpretation, and archaeology.
He is a past president of the board of governors of the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology at the University of Memphis.
He is also a co leader of the Middle East Travel Seminar, which tours Syria, Jordan, the Sinai, Israel, and Greece each Spring.
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